It's been forty years since Depeche Mode's "transitional" Construction Time Again

"The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts."

Electronifying genres, British mega-band Depeche Mode's Construction Time Again was released forty years ago in 1983. David Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, and Vince Clark molded the popping keys, wailing synthesizers, samples, and popping drum machines that accompanied the lyrical surprises and unforgettable choruses that can only be a sing-along. — Read the rest